"Deal this year": Alphabet hopes for Gemini in iOS
Alphabet and Google boss Sundar Pichai is aiming to place Gemini in Apple Intelligence. Talks are ongoing, he said in court.
Google logo next to Apple logo: Apple had already hinted at networking its AI system with other platforms.
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Google is aiming to integrate its Gemini AI system into iOS in the near future. Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai made the announcement this week in a court in Washington, where the future of Google Search and an end to the distribution of Chrome by the internet company are currently being negotiated after the US Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit. This was reported by the financial news agency Bloomberg.
Deal by "middle of the year"?
Apple is also a party to the proceedings, as the iPhone company is earning billions through a search deal with Alphabet. Pichai's statement should indicate that Google is open to cooperating with other large corporations. Although Apple has its own, rather limited AI system with Apple Intelligence, it already uses ChatGPT as an optional way to improve the range of functions. Apple software boss Craig Federighi had already hinted at the possibility of cooperating with other companies. It would be conceivable – at least theoretically – that Apple would also open up to other LLMs such as Meta's Llama.
According to Pichai, he hopes to conclude a contract as early as this year. Gemini could then be included in iOS 19, which is expected in the fall. Observers assume that it will remain just as optional as ChatGPT. According to Pichai, there have already been "a number of discussions" at the highest level, for example with Apple CEO Tim Cook. A deal could be in place "by the middle of the year", the manager hopes.
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Long collaboration with Google
Apple holds its annual developer conference WWDC in June. Among other things, a redesign of iOS and macOS is expected this year. Apple and Google have been working together on the iPhone since 2007. The search giant initially supplied the data for the Maps app (until 2012) and soon had its own YouTube client on the device. The search deal with Apple, which affects iPadOS and macOS as well as iOS, has also been running for years – Google is the default search in Apple's Safari browser, with Apple involved.
With Apple Intelligence, Apple actually wanted to catch up with competitors such as OpenAI or Google, but the AI system is still comparatively weak. For example, you can have texts corrected and summarized or images generated – but the latter are not photorealistic.
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